Corset.



No. 708,773. Patented Sept. 9, I902.

J. LINDAUEB; CORSET.

(Applicatin filed. Sapt. 80, 1901.]

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE S;

ATTORNE Y8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

JULIUS LINDAUER, or PARIS, FRANCE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,773, datedSeptember 9, 1902.

Application filed September 30, 1901- Serial No. 77,074. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS LINDAUER, a subject of the German Emperor,and a resident of 42 Faubourg du Temple, Paris, in the Republic ofFrance, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets, and has for itsobject to provide for a corset affording a good support to the bust,though the stomach region is left perfectly free.

The objection to ordinary high corsets is that they are fitted with longsteel busks, which extend up over a good part of the sternum, (or frontpart of the thorax,) thereby causing the corset to encircle the thoraciccage and exercise an injurious pressure on the organs contained therein,because they do not permit the chest to expand in the mannor in which itexpands when no corset is worn. In order to remove this inconvenience,extreme low corsets which cover the trunk from below the bust down onlyare often worn; but these leave the bust unsupported and can only bewornby young and slender ladies. The inconvenience of these extreme lowcorsets has partially been removed by adding a bust-supporter thereto,bearing on the shoulders by means of straps or hands. However, thesebust-supporters fatigue the shoulders and back and replace the corset ina very imperfect manner owing to their want of rigidity. The corsetwhich forms the object of the present invention removes all theseinconveniences and as regards elegance presents all the advantages ofthe other corsets. It is characterized by the fact that the part whichforms the front is only a belt or band provided with busks, which doesnot reach up over the sternum, thus leaving the region of the stomachand the respiratory organs perfectly free, while the remainder presentsthe height of an ordinary corset, in which the bones extend from thebottom to the top thereof and which is left perfectly open in front.

main part A, surrounding the whole body, ex-

cept in front, anda front part B, covering only the abdomen. up toslightly above the waist. This part B is formed of two symmetricalsections, which are provided with busks at their free adjacent edges forsecuring the corset in place and which are sewed by their other edges tothe main part. The main part A is also formed of two symmetricalsections connected together at the back by means of a lacing for theadjustment of the corset. This part A is provided with whalebones orsteels for the whole of its height,like an ordinary corset, while thepart B is only provided with busks and has no whalebones or steels. Thepart B is widened downwardly, as illustrated in the drawings,and it isformed, as already stated, of two sections which are symmetrical withrelation to their contact edges.

In order to allow of the corset supporting the bust well and having thepit of the stomach and the upper front part of the bust completelyuncovered, the whalebones or steels are arranged at an angle, as shownat a, in such a manner as to bring the bust forward and to give thenecessary support without in any way restraining the respiratorymovements.

It is obvious that the corset can be ornamented with trimmings, ribbons,knots, and

lacing, in combination with a downwardlythe main part A, substantiallyas and for the widened part B of less height than the main purpose setforth. 10 part arranged at the front of the corset and In Witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my covering only the abdomen to slightlyabove hand in presence of two Witnesses.

5 the waist, said part B being formed of two JULIUS LINDAUER.

symmetrical sections provided only With Witnesses: busks at their freeadjacent edges for secur- LOUIS MOSES,

ing the corset in place, and being seamed to EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

